Skirt markers



July 30, 1957 A. v. AGRI-:STA ETAL 2,800,716

SKIRT MARKERS Filed July 2e, 195e Angel Virgil Agresfa BY Lawrence Burke United States SKIRT MARKERS Angelo Virgil Agresta, Valley Stream, and Lawrence Burke, Mineola, N. Y.

This invention relates to skirt markers for use in adjusting the height of the hem on a skirt, and more particularly to the type that uses a standard supported from the floor and having a pin-guiding means between which and the standard the woman rotates her skirt to be marked step-by-step between the standard and the pin-guider. This invention embodies an improvement in that type of marker.

One of the objects of this invention is -to devise a marker by the use of which the oper-ator can emplace the pin in the skirt in a direction away from the operator rather than cross-wise. Another object is to devise means whereby the pins when emplaced will be a predetermined distance apart. And other objects are generally to improve the device, making it cheaper to manufacture; of longer wearing capabilities; more ,attractive in appearance; and more effective in operation.

With these and possibly other objects in View that will appear as this specification proceeds, they can be realized by a device such as that claimed, but whose dominant features comprise the details of the C-shaped head which with the arm pivoted to the standard form a T, plus the shape, proportions, and arrangement thereof, and particularly of its pin-guiding means.

The invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a isometric view of the device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view through the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial side elevational view. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view like Fig. 2 showing the head 25 and its fingers in standard embracing position; while Fig. 5 is a similar figure showing them in un-embracing position. Fig. 6 is a detailed view showing the pin-guiding means.

In the drawings there is shown a base 11 from which rises a standard 12, having a reinforced back portion 13, and sides 14 and 15 with inturned iianges 16 and 17, respectively. Clamped between the anges of the sides is an outwardly bowed face plate 18 bearing a measuring scale 19. The standard has a top 20.V Vertically slidable and frictionally held in any adjusted position in front of the face 18, and held between the flanges 16 and 17, is an outwardly bowed support plate 21 having a bracket 22 to which is pivotally supported at 23, an arm 24, carrying at its free end and forming a T therewith is a transversely extending head 25 of spring metal for holding a skirt to be marked against the standard. The head is C-shaped in plan View and terminates in end fingers 27 and 27 carried thereby. The head with its terminal lingers embrace the sides of the standard and the ngers bear thereagainst. Riveted at 26 to the right end of the head 25 is the finger means 27 comprising a body portion 28 terminating at the left in a. wing or fin 29 extending to the front from the head. Extending upwardly from the finger 27 is a pin-guiding element 31 in whose upward extension 32 is a horizontal corrugation or groove 33, located above the top of the head 25. At the left hand end of the head 25, is a similar finger means 27 r'ice and pin-guiding means except that they are oppositely directed, so their reference numerals have been primed. P represents one pin being emplaced, while P' represents another such pin, and S represents the skirt being marked.

The C-shaped head 25 and its terminal fingers 27 and 27', is longer in front view than the width of the standard, and the length of each finger in side View is longer than the depth of the side of the standard. That is, the fingers extend rearwardly from the face or body portion of the head to a distance beyond the back 13 of the standard.

Moreover, the lingers are bent generally inwardly toward each other toextend at an acute angle from their adjacent sides of the standard 12. The purpose of this is to assure that the skirt being clamped between the -Cshaped head and the standard assumes the position shown in Fig. 2 which presents to the pins to be inserted therein a short radius loop at L and a longer radius loop at L2. The reason for this is to assure that each pin when applied by the operator will pass through the skirt a-t two points at least.

In operation, the skirt wearer whose skirt is to be marked, stands on the iloor adjacent to the marker, and with the parts as shown in Fig. 3, stands with the skirt between the standard 12 and the C-shaped head 27. The C-shaped head on its arm 24 is then pivotally moved upwardly Itoward the standard, until the parts take the position shown in Fig. 1, the plate 21 having been first vertically adjusted until its upper edge reaches to a point on the scale 16 that is the desired height that the hem of the skirt as revised, is to be from the floor. When the position shown in Fig. l is reached the operator applies pin P and pin P (see also Fig. 2). Thereupon the operator squeezes the tins 29 and 29 toward each other with the result that the C-shaped spring metal head 25 and its terminal ngers 27 and 27 (and the pinguiding means carried thereby) are bent or sprung from the standard embracing position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, to spring open to the position shown in Fig. 5, namely, to a position whereby the fingers now un-embrace the standard, whereupon the head 25 and its arm 24 can be pivotally moved to the position shown by Fig. 3. The skirt-wearer then rotates to bring a fresh section of :the skirt against the standard, whereupon the operator pivotally moves the arm 24 and its head 25 to reassume the pin-guiding position shown in Figs. l, 2 and 4. It is to be noted that the bracket 23, being bent back upon itself forms a stop 35 for preventing the arm from opening any further than that shown in Fig. 3.

We claim:

1. A skirt marker of the pin-setting class, having a base, a standard rising from said base and comprising a post of substantially rectangular cross-sectional configuration, and a pin-marking head vertically adjustable upon said structure and comprising an adjustable carrier bracket, a pin-setting arm pivotally mounted upon said bracket and swingable away from and toward said standard as between an inactive and a pin-setting skirt-confining position `and having provided at its upper free end a pinsetting head portion for coniining skirt portions to be pin-marked; characterized thereby that said pin-setting head is a clasp substantially U-shaped in plan View having an intermediate transverse body portion of shallow convexity -and a pair of sh-ank portions normally slightly converging toward each other to constitute the clasp opening, a pair of nger pieces extending outwardly from said body portion and spaced from each other as Well as from said shank portions and eifective when pressed toward each other to spread the clasp opening by resilient deformation and flattening of said convexity so that the shank portions clear the post when swung to skirt-engaging and pin-setting position, said clasp re-assuming its normal shape upon release of said finger pieces whereby the shank portions re-converge toward each otheras well as reconverge at a pointed angle toward the respective corner edges of the post to be self-retained thereon while the respective skirt portion is thus held to form a corresponding U-shaped fold between said clasp andsaid post in such a manner that a side portion of the foldarches over a respective side face of the post while huggingthe inner curved corner contour of the clasp to present a lateral bulge of said fold for pin-setting, and guide^ means presenting a horizontal inwardly facing groove provided upon the respective shank portion hugged by said bulge for insuring proper traversal and penetration of said bulge by a marking pin if `aimed horizontallyiat a pointed angle against said groove.

2. A skirt marker accordingtorclaim l, in which'said guide means comprise a tab xed to and extending upwardly from one of said shankportions of the claspand formed with a corrugation to constitute said groove.

3. A skirt marker according to claim 1, in which the post comprises an intermediate longitudinal flat body portion formed with rigid folds to constituterlongitudinal ribs extending 'at right angles from said body portion, and further comprising a pair of lateral portions co-eXtensive with said ribs and each formed with an in-turned overhanging flange, a graduated longitudinal face plate representing a scale of slight cross-sectional convexity and held longitudinally marginally by said flanges and conned between those flanges and said ribs, and the bracket is in the form of a plate curved substantially to conform to said convexity `and sldably superimposed upon said scale and frictionally held along its longitudinal edges and by said grooves in any vertically adjusted position along said scale.

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